Collocations for conscience - noun
ADJ.
clear, easy, good
I have a clear conscience.
I have a clear conscience.
bad, guilty, terrible, troubled, uneasy | civic, moral, political, social
a government with no social conscience
a government with no social conscience
VERB + CONSCIENCE
have
He had no conscience about taking his brother''s money.
He had no conscience about taking his brother''s money.
appease, ease, salve, soothe
After the feast she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience.
After the feast she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience.
prick, trouble | appeal to, arouse, rouse, stir | wrestle with
He wrestled with his conscience all night long.
He wrestled with his conscience all night long.
CONSCIENCE + VERB
trouble sb
Her conscience was troubling her a little.
Her conscience was troubling her a little.
dictate sth
My conscience dictates that I resign.
My conscience dictates that I resign.
PREP.
on your ~
I''m sure she has something on her conscience. | It was on his conscience that he hadn''t called her.
I''m sure she has something on her conscience. | It was on his conscience that he hadn''t called her.
PHRASES
a crisis of conscience, freedom of conscience, in (all/good) conscience
(= honestly) We cannot in all conscience refuse to help.
(= honestly) We cannot in all conscience refuse to help.
a matter of conscience
This question is a matter of individual conscience.
This question is a matter of individual conscience.
a pang/prick/twinge of conscience
I had a sudden pang of conscience that I really ought to tell the truth.
I had a sudden pang of conscience that I really ought to tell the truth.
the voice of conscience
She refused to listen to the voice of conscience.
She refused to listen to the voice of conscience.